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  1. March 2014
  2. Dave Thorley passes on his take of the just gone weekender
  3. Dave Rimmer passed on word of an article that he has posted on his SKM website after an interview with Curtis Smith.
  4. February 2014
  5. An article on the 'Popcorn Scene' could be read in the Guardian yesterday
  6. January 2014
  7. Here is a cool article my friend wrote on singer/songwriter Wilton Crump
  8. December 2013
  9. While the story of the artist behind 'little love affair' has been documented a fair few times already, this 'essay' written by Peter Blecha, may still be worth a read/visit as it goes beyond the 45 story and concerns itself with a complete account of Pats life so far..
  10. Meet up with two of the guys from this very talented group Fred Forsh & Gordon T Danniels, a few weeks ago in the U.S. Sadly the 45 below was all that ever made it to the streets, but they did cut 9 other tracks.
  11. I wrote a feature prior to the New Century Soul 10th Anniversary Allnighter which related the story of the build up to the gig and thought it might be fun to relate a kinda Part 2.
  12. November 2013
  13. A full detailed look at the upcoming appearance of Soul legend Bunny Sigler at the New Century Soul Club Allnighter 20th Nov 2013 by Dave Moore<br />
  14. October 2013
  15. The Story of the man who wrote some of Motown’s most beautiful and important songs and become one of the most successful song writers in the world
  16. September 2013
  17. Debbie Taylor Article - Her story plus a look forward to the UK Concert in Yorkshire on 9th Nov 2013
  18. The website Daily Bulletin features an article by David Allen titled 'Northern Soul fans dig Southern California song'<br />Which concerns itself with words from past song writer Dominic Di Giamarino” who wrote the popular Johnny Vanelli track - 'Seven Days Of Loving You'
  19. August 2013
  20. The amount of re edits/re workings/remixes/mash ups being played on the Modern Soul scene...
  21. July 2013
  22. A look at the Pied Piper setup via interviews and more from Rob Moss
  23. An afternoon of music and mayhem in tribute to One of the Scotland’s and the UK’s finest Rare Soul Clubs
  24. A very hot night in London, in more ways than one.<br />I did wonder if the weather would affect the numbers attending but my concerns were needless. A good crowd in, and some new faces...
  25. Got back from Lifeline just a short time ago, just enough time to shower and have coffee so I thought I'd put a brief comment up.
  26. June 2013
  27. Mary Love Remembered. An article by Ady Croasdale
  28. I've decided to knock my Modern Musings column in Soul Up North on the head after 11 years in the "modern soul" seat. I figure 11 years is long enough for both readers and scribe alike!
  29. An article to mark the passing on of William Daron Pulliam better known as funk and soul icon Darondo
  30. May 2013
  31. The problem with the critics of Thatcher is that they always pick on the wrong things to criticise.
  32. Well I never, been over 10 years since I last visited the hollowed place that is The 100 Club
  33. Here's the latest label in my Mighty 3 discographies. The legendary Gamble label.<br /><br />Also, at the bottom I have included a YTube video showing all the 7" releases <br />
  34. April 2013
  35. Modern Musings…….…news and grooves from the Modern Side with Mark Randle<br /><br /><br />Once again I’ve left it to the last minute to pen this piece, so it’s just as well that we’ve had another dumping of snow because if it were a gorgeous spring day outside I would be sitting here feeling cheated.
  36. March 2013
  37. With the passing of Mr Mel Britt I thought it timely to remind ourselves of a very special day in his company...
  38. Part 2 of a series of articles -Save the Children — Who really cares? and Flying High in the Friendly Sky
  39. At the risk of being accused of being boring (moi?) I must say the 100 Club was excellent last night. Ady had announced that the five resident DJs would be in action together on the same night for the first ....
  40. So, my weekender started on the Wednesday night when I left work, because I had to go down to Wales to collect Jessica because she was quite ill, and didn’t think she was capable of the four hour train journey to my house on the Thursday on her own. However, she had never been to Germany, or a European Soul Weekender,
  41. February 2013
  42. Margaret Little was born in Detroit on August 7th 1945. She was the oldest of 3 children. Her parents divorced when she was very young and her father, a member of the Four Kings who recorded for Fortune Records, was absent for most of her formative years.
  43. The Story of Don Juan Mancha — songwriter, producer, musician and talent scout by Rob Moss
  44. It all started back in 2011 I got a phone call from Nige Brown telling me he heard a sound bite on ebay of a record he thought had something special and he would like my opinion on it before he set his bid
  45. January 2013
  46. I create listings of my favourite cuts at each year end from a contemporary soul/dance/jazz perspective, and can't remember whether I've posted them here before, but here they are for 2012
  47. I find myself tempted to start once again with mention of the weather here in the UK, but it’s all just a little too depressing so I’ll keep it brief. Suffice to say my thoughts go out to all those affected by the floods after the most recent round of deluges.
  48. December 2012
  49. Yesterday 30.12.12 we said goodbye to one of the most iconic clubs of the 60's , the Twisted Wheel at Whitworth Street
  50. Dunn Pearson was around on the Cleveland soul scene from the late 60's through to 1980 when he relocated to New York. In that time, he backed up many local soul groups & singers, formed & led groups himself, toured (in backing bands) with top acts such as the O'Jays.
  51. Charles Drain was born in Eupora, Mississippi back in 1939.
  52. His story is a true rags to riches tale. Bobby Brooks Hamilton was born in New York (1961?) but as an infant he found himself in the foster care system in South Carolina where he grew up in Columbia.
  53. The memorabilia available to collectors of Berry Gordy’s Motown and its subsidiary labels and companies
  54. November 2012
  55. This may well be of interest to some of you. I have recently just interviewed the legendary Dennis Coffey for my soul & funk blog, Gazfunk. As you probably know, Dennis doesn't give interviews very often so we're delighted that he agreed to chat about all things Motown, Scorpio & Rodriguez.
  56. Marie Knight came into the world way back in 1925 and though she enjoyed a recording career that stretched over 61 years, she savoured little actual commercial record success.
  57. The three albums Gil Scott-Heron recorded for Bob Thiele’s Flying Dutchman label are...
  58. The return of a legend — or maybe more accurately, the first time this legend’s ever really gotten his due! Ralph Jackson’s been working in the Alabama soul underground for decades — yet this smoking album may well be the first time he’s ever really gotten out front, and able to do his thing
  59. Charles Wilson was raised in Chicago, began performing at age seven, and sang as a teenager in Chicago-area night clubs. Blues legend Little Milton is his uncle, however his break came when he got the opportunity to go out on the road with Bobby Rush at an early age.
  60. October 2012
  61. Barbara Stant got into the recording business at the end of the 1960’s after she dropped in on the offices of Shiptown Records in...
  62. Roger Hatcher was a member of a very musical family, apart from his brothers Will and Roosevelt, his cousin was of course the most famous Hatcher, Charles (Edwin Starr). Roger had been involved in the music business for many years without ever having enjoyed the level of success that Edwin gained.
  63. Kent Harris, well known to those who collect Rare Soul records because of his wife Ty Karim and his record label Romark. But there is more to the man than many will probably realise and this CD ...
  64. September 2012
  65. Thanks go to Andy Rix for making this article available to all. Originally written and published to accompany...


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